Members of the West Licking Joint Fire District had a 3 day class over Hazardous Materials Incident Response Jan 18-20 2010.  Class was for Hazardous Materials Technicians of the department who are going to be involved with the Licking County Haz-mat team.  Class was instructed by STCI Inc. from St. Louis

Blackwater SCUBA Classes

Just a reminder of the upcoming classes- Jan. 24th, at Washington Township, there will be a class by Charlie Mills, who just came through the Divers Alert Network's Med diver week. It will cover dive emergencies and treatment, hazardous marine life and treatment (No, peeing on a jellyfish sting does NOT help, from experience), and a field neuro exam procedure that EVERY public safety diver should have and know.

Jan. 29th and 30th, the surface ice rescue technician class is on, and it looks mother nature will have ice for us. The 29th will be at my shop, and consist of an evening lecture. I am sure an adult beveredge will be had afterwards for a social hour. The 30th will be straight to the ice, and be all hands on, and a long day, but a good one.

With all the ice, I may try to get an Ice Diving Class set up. If you are interested, it would likely be 79.00, and certification would be through IDEA. You must have an Advanced Open Water card, and proper gear. It is a very surreal world under the ice, one that many divers have never seen. It is also dangerous as heck if not done right. Please come out and learn the right way. If you are interested, please shoot me (Steve) a line at digger@blackwaterscuba.com, or 740 808 4113.

This month 7 members of the West Licking Joint Fire District attended open water SCUBA class given by Blackwater SCUBA.  Members from left to Right are Doug Hyland( Blackwater instructor), Gordon Bynorth, Tom Barnhill, Steve Wagner, Troy “Speedy” Burgess, Doug Hankinson, Dave Price, and Seth Coakley.  Many of the guys are attending Advanced open water SCUBA class in October and level 1 Public Safety diver latter in the fall.  Special thanks to Steve Treinish and Doug Hyland from Blackwater SCUBA

             If interested in classes please contact Blackwater SCUBA at www.blackwaterscuba.com